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CVE-2001-1496 — CRITICAL severity vulnerability (Off-by-one buffer overflow in Basic Authentication in Acme L)

Off-by-one buffer overflow in Basic Authentication in Acme Labs thttpd 1.95 through 2.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVE IDCVE-2001-1496
SeverityCRITICAL
CVSS score9.8
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWECWE-193
StatusModified
Published2001-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionOff-by-one buffer overflow in Basic Authentication in Acme Labs thttpd 1.95 through 2.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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